Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency

Kendrapara Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) Constituencies in Odisha state in Eastern India.

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Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
Assembly constituenciesSalipur
Mahanga
Patkura
Kendrapara
Aul
Rajanagar
Mahakalapada
Established1952
Total electors17,90,080
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2024

Assembly Segments

Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:[1]

# Name District Member Party
94 Salipur Cuttack Prasanta Behera BJD
95 Mahanga Sarada Prasad Padhan Independent
96 Patkura Kendrapara Arvind Mohapatra BJD
97 Kendrapara (SC) Ganeswar Behera
98 Aul Pratap Keshari Deb
99 Rajanagar Dhruba Charan Sahoo
100 Mahakalapada Durga Prasan Nayak BJP

Assembly Constituencies which constituted this Parliamentary Constituency, before delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are:[2] Aul,Pattamundai, Rajnagar, Kendrapara, Patkura, Kisannagar and Mahanga.

Elected Members
Vote share of winning candidates
2024
 
 48.21%
2019
 
 50.88%
2014
 
 38.58%
2009
 
 35.04%
2004
 
 54.20%
1999
 
 57.91%
1998
 
 43.27%
1996
 
 50.51%
1991
 
 50.6%
1989
 
 56.44%
1984
 
 50.14%
1980
 
 43.04%
1977
 
 68.64%
1971
 
 34.78%

Since its formation in 1952, 19 elections have been held till date including one bypoll in 1985. It was a two member constituency in 1957.

Elected members from the Kendrapara constituency are:[3]

Year Member Party
1952 Nityanand Kanungo INC
1957[lower-alpha 1] Surendranath Dwivedy PSP
B.C. Mallick
1962 Surendranath Dwivedy
1967
1971 Surendra Mohanty Utkal Congress
1977 Biju Patnaik BLD
1980 JP(S)
1984 JP
1985 (bypoll)[lower-alpha 2] Sarat Kumar Deb
1989 Rabi Ray JD
1991
1996 Srikant Kumar Jena
1998 Prabhat Samantaray BJD
1999
2004 Archana Nayak
2009 Baijayant Panda
2014
2019 Anubhav Mohanty
2024 Baijayant Panda BJP

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.[4] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Baijayant Panda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Anshuman Mohanty by a margin of 66,536 votes.

2024 Indian general election: Kendrapara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Baijayant Panda 615,705 48.21
BJD Anshuman Mohanty 5,49,169 43.00
INC Sidharth Swarup Das 94,832 7.43
NOTA None of the above 5,815 0.46
Majority 66,536 5.21
Turnout 12,77,108 71.22
BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Anubhav Mohanty defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Baijayant Panda by a margin of 1,52,584 votes.

2019 Indian general elections: Kendrapara[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Anubhav Mohanty 628,939 50.87 1.85
BJP Baijayant Panda 4,47,456 38.53 28.13
INC Dharanidhar Nayak 1,13,841 9.21 25.19
SP Rabindra Nath Behera 5,138 0.42
KP Srikanta Samal 1,868 0.15
Independent Santosh Kumar Das 1,456 0.12
Independent Santosh Kumar Patra 2,281 0.18
NOTA None of the above 6,588 0.53
Majority 1,52,584 12.32
Turnout 12,38,488 72.39
BJD hold Swing 13.14

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Baijayant Panda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dharanidhar Nayak by a margin of 2,09,108 votes.[7]

2014 Indian general elections: Kendrapara[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Baijayant Panda 601,574 52.72
INC Dharanidhar Nayak 3,92,466 34.4
BJP Bishnu Prasad Das 1,18,707 10.4
BSP Sk. Faruk 6,199 0.54
Independent Pramod Sahu 6,193 0.54
AAP Md. Samim Aktar 6,029 0.53
Independent Sukumar Mallick 2,221 0.19
NOTA None of the above 7,610 0.67
Majority 2,09,108 18.32
Turnout 11,37,607 73.14
Registered electors 15,55,444
BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Baijayant Panda defeated Indian National Congress candidate Ranjib Biswal by a margin of 1,27,107 votes.

2009 Indian general elections: Kendrapara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Baijayant Panda 502,635 35.04
INC Ranjib Biswal 3,75,528 26.18
BJP Jnandev Beura 80,392 5.6
Majority 1,27,107 12.93
Turnout 9,83,010 68.53
BJD hold

Notes
  1. It was a 2 member constituency
  2. Resignation of Biju Patnaik

References
  1. "Assembly Constituencies under Kendrapara Parliamentary Constituency". Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  2. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
  3. "Kendrapara Lok Sabha (General) Elections Result". Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  4. "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
  5. "List of Contesting Candidates (Phase-IV) (PC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. "Lok Sabha Elections 2019 candidate list for Odisha". Business Insider India. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  7. "Odisha Result Status". ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  9. "Lok Sabha Election 2014 - Orissa, Constituency: Aska (19)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

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